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West, K, Bergfelt, D. Evaluate urine concentrations of corticosteroids during pregnancy and pregnancy loss in captive bottlenose dolphins and determine the relationship between urine and blubber corticosteroids for use in wild cetaceans. College Scholarly Endeavors Program (CSEP), Hawaii Pacific University Grants Program.

Bergfelt DR, Steinetz BG, Lasano S, West KL, Campbell M, Adams GP. Relaxin and progesterone during pregnancy and the post-partum period in association with live and stillborn calves in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2011;170:650-656.

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Research Interests: The use of non-invasive methods to gain a fundamental understanding of reproductive biology across multiple species, which can serve as reference to assess the impact that environmental toxicants or stressors can have on hormonal changes, reproductive development, pregnancy, and immunological health and disease in animals and humans.

Teaching Interest: Reproductive biology from a conservation perspective, including comparative anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology among terrestrial and marine mammals.